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Month: September 2008

Jureeka! Creates Links to Cases, Statutes, etc. in Ordinary Webpages

Posted on September 17, 2008

Jureeka! is a new Firefox add-on that looks for legal citations in ordinary web pages and turns them into hyperlinks that lead to a free version of the cited source. Pretty nifty. You can download …

Posted in Browser Add-ons

City of Milwaukee's Legislative Research Center Offers Offers Improved Access to Legislative Documents

Posted on September 17, 2008

In her Wisconsin Law Journal blog, Law Librarian Bev Butula highlights some changes to Milwaukee’s Legistar service, now called the Legislative Research Center. “If you are not familiar with Legistar, it is a system to …

Posted in Legislation & Regs

Google to Digitize Historical Newspapers

Posted on September 17, 2008

Earlier this month, Google announced that it is partnering with newspaper publishers to digitize millions of pages of news archives. From the announcement: You’ll be able to explore this historical treasure trove by searching the …

Posted in Search Engines

State Board of Bar Governors Supports Petition for Citation of Unpublished Opinions

Posted on September 17, 2008

WisBar reports that The State Board of Bar Governors has voted to support Wisconsin Judicial Council Petition 08-02 to amend Wis.Stat. 809.23(3) to allow the citation of unpublished appellate opinions for persuasive value. From WisBar.org: …

Posted in Courts

U.S. Courts Announce Victim Notification System Enhancements

Posted on September 12, 2008

U.S. Courts has announced that starting this fall they will be launching a system which automatically sends crime victims and their families information from federal courts, helping ensure that crime victims are afforded the right …

Posted in Courts

WI Law Review 2008 Symposium: The Continuing Evolution of Securities Class Actions

Posted on September 12, 2008

The Wisconsin Law Review has recently announced its 2008 Symposium: The Continuing Evolution of Securities Class Actions. It will be held on Friday, October 17, 2008 at the Edgewater Hotel in Madison, Wisconsin. The symposium …

Posted in UW Law School

Search Twitter and Track Updates with RSS

Posted on September 12, 2008

Here’s an update to my post earlier this month on Tracking Blog Posts & Comments. Now, it seems that you can search and track what people are saying on Twitter, as well. [What is Twitter?] …

Posted in Communication

WI Dept of Children & Families Offers Search of Licensed Child Care Facilities

Posted on September 10, 2008

The Wisconsin Department of Children and Families’ licensed child care search seems to be a hit, according to Gov. Doyle. Since its debut in July, it has logged over 200,000 visits. The licensed child care …

Posted in Miscellaneous & Odd-ball

Fastcase Free to State Bar of WI Members Starting Nov. 1st

Posted on September 3, 2008

Beginning November 1st, Fastcase will be available free to State Bar of Wisconsin members. See the press release for more information. The Fastcase database contains state and federal caselaw, statutes, administrative codes, and court rules. …

Posted in Data & Databases

Badgerlink Databases Available to All Wisconsinites – Now with Federated Searching

Posted on September 3, 2008

If you’re a regular WisBlawg reader you know that I often sing the praises of Badgerlink. Badgerlink is a collection of databases containing over 11,000 periodical titles and over 700 newspapers (including the Wall Street …

Posted in Data & Databases
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